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Wilfred Jackson

Highest Rated: 98% Cinderella (1950)

Lowest Rated: 50% Song of the South (1946)

Birthday: Jan 24, 1906

Birthplace: Chicago, Illinois, USA

Beyond the realm of dedicated Disney aficionados, few people recognize the name Wilfred Jackson--that is, until some of his feature-length animated credits as a Director are mentioned: "Cinderella," "Alice in Wonderland," "Peter Pan," and "Lady and the Tramp," all made in collaboration with Clyde Geronimi and Hamilton Luske. Jackson dutifully worked his way up the Disney ladder in the 1930s and '40s, laboring on dozens of short cartoons and then working, often uncredited, as a sequence director for some of Walt Disney's other famous films. The first major partial assignment of his career was 1937's "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs," which led in short order during the early days of World War II to "Pinocchio," "Fantasia," and "Dumbo." For the ultra-ambitious 1940 symphonic oeuvre, "Fantasia," Jackson designed the "Night on Bald Mountain-Ave Maria" segment. Perhaps solidifying the notion that animation work was recognized as an art form in Europe before America, Jackson got major recognition over the years in Cannes, Berlin, and Venice, but never on the home front. Five years before his death, he finally received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Annies. Jackson's last work for the studio was 11 episodes of the early TV series "Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color" between 1954 and 1958.

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Highest-Rated Movies

98% 80% Cinderella Watchlist
95% 83% Fantasia
Watchlist 93% 80% Lady and the Tramp Watchlist 84% 78% Alice in Wonderland Watchlist
82% 40% Saludos Amigos
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78% 80% Peter Pan
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75% 48% Melody Time
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50% 72% Song of the South
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Cinderella
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Filmography

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Celebrating Mickey: The True Original (OV) 2018 Director Winter Wonderland 2003 Director 4 Artists Paint 1 Tree: A Walt Disney "Adventure in Art" 1958 Director Lady and the Tramp 93% 80% 1955 Director Lady and the Tramp 1955 Director Peter Pan 78% 80% 1953 Director Alice in Wonderland 84% 78% 1951 Director Cinderella 98% 80% 1950 Director Cinderella 1950 Director Cinderella 67% 1950 Director Cinderella 1950 Director Melody Time 75% 48% 1948 Director Song of the South 50% 72% 1946 Director Saludos Amigos 82% 40% 1942 Director Fantasia 95% 83% 1940 Director Mother Goose Goes Hollywood 1938 Director The Old Mill 88% 1937 Director The Country Cousin 1936 Director Elmer Elephant 1936 Director More Kittens 1936 Director The Band Concert 71% 1935 Director The Tortoise and the Hare 75% 1935 Director Music Land 1935 Director The Grasshopper and the Ants 83% 1934 Director The China Shop 67% 1934 Director
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